A Falcon 9 is destined for 'certain impact'. 🌗 engineering
The second stage of one of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets has tumbled its way into a terminal orbit with the moon, slated for impact on March 4, according to, creator of a software program designed to track asteroids, comets, and other near-Earth objects .
While no lives, machines, or science missions will be harmed, the data suggests that the Falcon 9 is destined for"certain impact," said Gray in the post.The expired Falcon 9 rocket stage is slated to slam in the vicinity of the moon's equator on March 4, but sadly, our naked eyes won't see even the faintest of glimmers in the night sky.
McDowell also said that"things left in cislunar orbit [orbits between the Earth and moon] are unstable — will eventually either hit the moon or Earth or get perturbed to solar orbit,", confirming that this was not a deliberate impact of the moon. This specific Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on February 11, 2015, like many more after it. But this one was an exceptional launch, for two reasons: Firstly, it was the first from Elon Musk's firm to lift a U.S.
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